China's aviation watchdog has announced mandatory inspections for all Chinese-made MA-60 aircraft. The announcement made Friday follows two incidents involving the plane's landing signal system. Local authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzho...
Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has announced the operation to paralyze the capital Bangkok, which has lasted from Jan. 13, will be ended on March 3. He said Protesters will withdraw from all rally sites in the city except the o...
China has responded to US criticism of its human rights record by publishing its own report on American human rights issues. In the report, China says there are still serious human rights problems in the U.S, with the situation in many fields deterio...
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he will not ask Russia for military support to resolve domestic crisis. He said this at a press conference on Friday in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, some 1,000 km southwest of Moscow, in his first public a...
Ukrainian Parliament has passed a resolution to dismiss President Viktor Yanukovych from his post, declaring him constitutionally unable to carry out his duties. The parliament also called for early presidential election for May 25. In a TV interview...
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang has urged the United States to correct its mistakes after President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama. He said the United States should stop conniving and supporting anti-China, secessionist force which...
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai has made solemn representations to the U.S. government about President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, urging Washington to immediately take effective measures to correct this mistake. Cui Tiankai stressed T...
The Ukrainian president and opposition leaders have signed an agreement to end the country's political crisis, which has left dozens of people dead and hundreds of others injured. The presidential press office says in a statement that the agreement e...
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has summoned Daniel Kritenbrink, charge d'affaires of U.S. embassy in China, to lodge solemn representations for U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama regardless of China's strong oppositi...
The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday urged police nationwide to crack down on crimes involving prostitution, gambling and drugs, and suggested that major leaders of Dongguan City bear responsibility for the widespread sex trade. The ministry urg...
The second round negotiations of the Geneva II international conference on Syria has concluded without achieving tangible results. UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said a proposed agenda for the next round of talks was agreed bet...
Taiwan's mainland affairs chief Wang Yu-chi says his four-day visit to the Chinese mainland was a good beginning. He told reporters in Taipei that the visit was an important milestone in cross-Strait relations. During his visit, Wang held his first f...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Beijing on Saturday afternoon, ending a two-day visit to China. During his stay in Beijing, Kerry met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and held talks with Chin...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with US Secretary of State John Kerry. The two spoke to each other at the Great Hall of the People, with President Xi saying China is committed to building relations with the US, and he hopes to improve dialogue,...
China says any policy adjustment by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region must work for regional peace and stability. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement Saturday it is our hope that U.S. policy adjustment will conform to w...
